No change in campus gun policy; measure fails in student senate

12:19 AM,
Nov. 17, 2011

Tony Hawkins, an associate vice president, told the student senate that he feared "our institutional reputation would immediately plummet with one ill-advised use of a gun if it is somehow deemed legal to carry on campus."

Written by

MIKEL LIVINGSTON
mlivingston@jconline.com

On Wednesday night, members of the Purdue Student Senate voted 15-7 to reject a resolution to allow student to carry concealed weapons on campus.

Discussion of the resolution, authored by senator Zach Briggs, dominated much of the approximately 90-minute meeting, with students and senators speaking in favor of and opposed to the idea.

Purdue's current policy prohibits possession, use or distribution of guns within university facilities without authorized permission from Executive Vice President and Treasurer Al Diaz, who oversees the facilities. ...